Wednesday, August 15, 2012

Did I tell you that, upon release of the paperback, A PURSE TO DIE FOR flew to #5 on the Amazon.ca Women Sleuths Bestseller list? Needless to say—but I'll say it anyway—I was ecstatic! Co-authors Cynthia and Melodie shared my enthusiasm. As well as Imajin Books. Imajin Books is a small, independent publisher based in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.This August, as part of the Summer Sizzles with Imajin Books event, Cynthia guest-blogs on the Imajin Books blog. She starts off with a question."What does every self-respecting amateur detective need?"My hand is up, Cynthia, my friend! I know the answer!A sidekick.In A PURSE TO DIE FOR, I'm that sidekick in question. Here's what Cynthia has to say about me: http://www.imajinbooks.blogspot.ca/2012/08/meet-cynthia-st-pierre.html. All good, I think. Anyway, at the end of her post, Cynthia shares (with my blessing) my recipe for Thai Green Curry. I invite you to take a peek.

Wednesday, August 8, 2012

Being a character in a bestselling book (A PURSE TO DIE FOR went to #5 on Amazon.ca Women Sleuths) brings with it a certain notoriety. Even if you're not looking for it. Even if you're not the main character.Here's proof. Just recently, I was invited to be interviewed by Nighthawk. Yes, THE Nighthawk. On Nighthawk Talks.

I've never been interviewed before. I checked out previous interviews by Nighthawk and I thought, what fun! I said to myself, "Why not?"Here's the link to the interview: http://www.nighthawktalk.blogspot.ca/2012/08/becki-green-from-purse-to-die-for.html. I invite you to tell me what you think. Will Cynthia and Melodie be happy with me? Am I helping to promote their book? Will the interview bring additional clients to my design store in Black Currant Bay? Wait...I don't think I talked about design.

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Welcome!

Wonderful to meet you!

At Vegetarian Detective I share with you some of my favourite veggie recipes. I know you’ve noticed that eating meat-free is a popular trend everywhere. Even going veggie just once a week. There are many reasons why. This is how.

I also invite you to get to know me better by reading the mystery I'm in: A PURSE TO DIE FOR. My friend Gina Monroe is the book's central character. She has an eye for fashion and a nose for weather. Both senses help her identify clues when bodies start to pile up. However, if I dare say so myself, the deadly events we endured together in Langdon Hills point to our future as a crime-solving pair—The Fashionista and the Vegetarian.

I'm the artsy-fartsy, tree-hugging, vegetarian. I live in northern Ontario, Canada, in a small town called Black Currant Bay. With my half-sister Anne, I run a design shop calledBeautiful Things. Oh, and I'm married to the Chief of Police.

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Meet Cynthia

In marketing Cynthia wrote promotional, packaging and
communications materials; penned articles for business periodicals; and a
chapter of How to Successfully Do Business in Canada. Currently a
member of Crime Writers of Canada, she has one award for fiction and has been a
writing contest judge. Best of all for a mystery writer, Cynthia has received a
York Regional Police Citizens Awareness Program certificate, presented and
signed by Julian Fantino, former Commissioner of the Ontario Provincial
Police.

Cynthia's first novel A Purse to Die For, co-written with Melodie Campbell and published by Imajin Books, is available at Amazon, Barnes & Noble and other retailers.

Cynthia grows vegetables in her backyard, makes recipes with
tofu, and speaks English-accented French with husband Yves.